Rio carnival goers tell Zika mosquito to buzz off

Municipal employees give t-shirts and pamphlets about the Zika virus to a reveller at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on February 6, 2016A massive, fleshy crowd of semi-naked people might seem like the Zika-transmitting mosquito&;s paradise, but Rio Carnival goers Saturday said nothing — not even an international health emergency — can stop the party. The peak weekend of Rio de Janeiro&039;s Carnival season got underway with an estimated one million people cramming into the city center for the Cordao da Bola Preta street party.

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Australia to step up Zika testing as two new cases reported

Cans of Bushman insect repellent, made by Melbourne-based Juno Laboratories Pty Ltd, sit on a shelf at a shop in central Sydney, AustraliaAustralia will intensify testing for the Zika virus in Queensland state where Aedes mosquitoes are found, authorities said on Saturday, adding that two new cases among local residents were the result of travel to affected countries. Queensland&;s government has earmarked A$400,000 ($283,000) to boost laboratory capacity, particularly in the northeastern city of Townsville, where testing will begin on March 1. A A$1 million public education campaign will also be rolled out in the state, which is on high alert for any entry of the disease from Australia&039;s Asian and Pacific neighbors.

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Audi labor boss presses management for culture change

A 2017 Audi allroad Quattro is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in DetroitAudi&;s labor boss said he will "hold management responsible" for adopting a new leadership culture, raising pressure on the luxury carmaker to implement change as it grapples with its emissions scandal. Audi submitted a plan this week to U.S. authorities to fix about 80,000 3.0 liter diesel cars that were found evading emissions limits and keeps pushing a probe into the scandal after suspending two engineers last November. Audi&039;s labor leaders have long been calling for a new leadership culture by making it more open, less hierarchical, and by promoting greater trust among workers and managers.

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